Author and Brookings Institution Fellow Robert Kagan discusses his latest book, "The World America Made." In the book, Kagan asserts that the international world order we live in today was created almost entirely by American power and influence after World War II.

Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality.

The "self-evident" truths were intensely debated. In America's first years, Washington, Franklin, Hamilton, Jefferson, Adams, Madison and Burr struggled to transform their disparate visions into an enduring government.